CFP: Fat Studies (4/14/07; MPCA, 10/12/07-10/14/07)

Proposals and abstracts for papers and sessions in thefield of Fat Studies are sought for the MidwestPopular Culture Association annual convention, to beheld Oct. 12-14 2007 in Kansas City, MO.

Send proposals, abstracts and requests for furtherinformation to Sarah Boslaugh at sboslaugh_at_yahoo.com.

Fat Studies is a fast-growing, interdisciplinary fieldand proposals from any field of study are welcome. AtMPCA 2006 we had three full panels, with presentationson widely varied topics including Ben Jonson's poetry,comic book villains, celebrity exercise videos, BMItesting in schools, eating disorders in prisons, andthe relationship between obesity and academicachievement.